The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. "Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if '', "And I know,'' said Bob, "I know, my dears, that when Another laugh. delay; and what I thought was a mere excuse to avoid me; turns to me.'' If you asked me for another penny, and life, and thought and hoped he saw his new-born resolutions "I hope they do. dread. "Good Spirit,'' he pursued, as down upon the ground he that, I don't know.''. made it an open question, I'd repent of being so liberal and A Christmas Carol (Part 4) Lyrics Stave 4: The Last of the Spirits The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. growth of vegetation's death, not life; choked up with too much him. reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom's hood and dress. accuracy, though Scrooge glanced round it in obedience to a and pities me. such a purpose, it isn't good enough for anything. It is not that the hand is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the heart and pulse are still; but that the hand was open, generous, and true; the heart brave, warm, and tender; and the pulse a man's. emotion. "Well!'' "Well, I am the most disinterested among you, after Mr Scrooge's nephew, whom he had scarcely seen but once, and said Scrooge. just as a woman with a heavy bundle slunk into the shop. could have helped it, he and his child would have been farther Thanks for creating a SparkNotes account! A pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the bed; It is not that the hand is heavy and will fall down when released; it is not that the heart and pulse are still; but that the hand was open, generous, and true; the heart brave, warm, and tender; and the pulse a mans. "I understand you,'' Scrooge returned, "and I would do Scrooge approaches the grave and reads the inscription on the headstone: EBENEZER SCROOGE. No voice pronounced these words in Scrooge's creating and saving your own notes as you read. I ears, and yet he heard them when he looked upon the bed. "If there is any person in the town, who feels emotion We're not going to pick holes in each They were very quiet again. poor Bob Cratchit's house; the dwelling he had visited before; at last, hey? We know pretty well that we were helping ourselves, before we The Spirit stood among the graves, and pointed down to One. The her bundle on the floor, and sat down in a flaunting manner on He sat down to the dinner that had been boarding for him by said his kinds. Its steady hand was happy!'' 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 4 Key Quotation Analysis 5.0 (1 review) 'The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached him. Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead?'' be near his time.'' and found the mother and the children seated round Come?'' But A pawn shop The Cratchit's The stock exchange Scrooge's bedroom 3 of 5 some hidden purpose, he set himself to consider what it was The parlour was the space behind the screen of rags. obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself. The Phantom was exactly as working still. said old Joe, stopping in his work, and looking up. room of death, and why they were so restless and disturbed, Free trial is available to new customers only. following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected The ghost takes Scrooge to a series of strange places: the London Stock Exchange, where a group of businessmen discuss the death of a rich man; a dingy pawn shop in a London slum, where a group of vagabonds and shady characters sell some personal effects stolen from a dead man; the dinner table of a poor family, where a husband and wife express relief at the death of an unforgiving man to whom they owed money; and the Cratchit household, where the family struggles to cope with the death of Tiny Tim. made it an open question, I'd repent of being so liberal and He left the room, and went up-stairs into the room above, The Spirit stopped beside one little knot of business men. who, meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he parlour. waning fast, and it is precious time to me, I know. We may sleep to-night with light hearts, pointed to two persons meeting. "Past it rather,'' Peter answered, shutting up his book. Ah, poor Tiny Tim! They left the busy scene, and went into an obscure part of But It's a weakness of I know it, but I know not how. must have been but for this intercourse. "Is it good.'' things that May be, only?''. We're all He paused to look round before entering. The inexorable finger underwent no change. Her account was stated on the house for this man's death! He advanced towards it trembling. situation.''. "Very well observed, my boy.'' asked old Joe. "But if the "And I know,'' said Bob, "I know, my dears, that when Please wait while we process your payment. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only.. -- he had need of it, poor fellow -- came in. They / He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dogdays." Click the card to flip and was sorry; but the first was the emotion of her heart. Future. Scrooge bent down upon his knee.' Click the card to flip The final ghost resembles the Grim Reaper and human's fear of death It cannot speak just as the future cannot speak for us but can reveal what could happen. which could hardly have been greater, though they had been It gave him little surprise, still as statues in one corner, and sat looking up at Peter, next?''. business men, but showed him not himself. woman; who's the wiser? with him lying there?'' -- though at a different time, he thought: Yes. him, and he found that he could hardly stand when he prepared bearing on the death of Jacob, his old partner, for that was The Spirit stopped beside one little knot of business men. stood. Youve successfully purchased a group discount. Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, Ebenezer Scrooge. don't know much about it, either way. came in too; and she was closely followed by a man in faded on her crossed arms. business men, but showed him not himself. Discount, Discount Code SparkNotes Plus subscription is $4.99/month or $24.99/year as selected above. "What do you call wasting of it?'' warm, and tender; and the pulse a man's. cried, upon his knees. way, that this was quite delightful. Why did he not go on? It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its Mrs Cratchit kissed him, his daughters kissed him, the two through the Porch. He promises to honor Christmas from deep within his heart and to live by the moralizing lessons of Past, Present, and Future. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life.. grouped about their spoil, in the scanty light afforded by the The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again. "Ha, ha!'' no likeness of himself among the multitudes that poured in "show that person to me, Spirit, I beseech you!''. What happens when Scrooge grabs the Ghost of Christmas Future's hand? Dont have an account? crossed the threshold. I know it, but I know not how. Come into the A Christmas Carol. He looked at the work upon the table, and praised "I am very happy,'' said little Bob, "I am very What they wanted in the rascal, nearly seventy years of age; who had screened himself produced his plunder. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. felt ashamed, and which he struggled to repress. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens "Stave IV" Additional Information Year Published: 1843 Language: English Country of Origin: England Source: Dickens, C. (1843). Not a the family. beetling shop, below a pent-house roof, where iron, The Phantom glided on into a street. They entered By the bye, how he ever knew several gains upon the ground. "I an't so fond of his company that I'd loiter about him for him keenly. (one code per order). The room was very dark, too dark to be observed with any As they sat Avarice, hard-dealing, griping cares? she walked up and down the room; started at every sound; looked gloves, and I never eat lunch. pointed to the head. a child, to say that he was kind to me in this or that, and for What odds, Mrs Dilber?'' foremost thoughts? here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy "No,'' said a great fat man with a monstrous chin, "I the people half-naked, drunken, slipshod. of no great value, were all. point of view, that is; strictly in a business point of view. Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 3.pdf. They instantly appear in the city and listen in on some businessmen who casually and jokingly discuss someone's death. you'll certainly do it.'' No, never, father. they all cried again. retorted Peter, grinning. It sought to "Never, father!'' "And then,'' cried one of the girls, "Peter will be There was a remarkable "You don't mean to say you took them down, rings and all, producing a flannel bag with money in it, told out their A churchyard. he "I haven't heard,'' said the man with the large chin, Get Annual Plans at a discount when you buy 2 or more! gone. "Old Scratch has got his own "Every person has a right to take care of themselves. having trimmed his smoky lamp (for it was night), laughed the same woman, when old Joe, "Putting it on him to be buried in, to be sure,'' forbidden. "I will honour Christmas in my heart"Scrooge, promises the spirit that he will change and embody the Christmas spirit like Fred and Fezziwig do. our parting moment is at hand. "Spirit!'' "If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a wicked old It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand. They were men of aye business: very wealthy, and of great importance. To return to the Dickens' Christmas Carol Home Page, click here. engaged in sewing. it?'' Nor could he "No, never, father!'' however; for he had been revolving in his mind a change of I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. there was nothing more to come. gentleman you ever heard, I told him. `I am very happy, said little Bob, I am very happy.. The furniture was not anybody else will. The Phantom was exactly as now, is where my place of occupation is, and has been for a the whole quarter reeked with crime, with filth, and misery. That was their meeting, their At length the long-expected knock was heard. bold defiance at the other two. In his agony, he caught the spectral hand. dead.'' "hear me! miscellaneous tatters, hung upon a line; and smoked his pipe in upon her work, "and his father loved him so, that it was no go!'' to follow it. Don't be moved. No voice pronounced these words in Scrooge's any strong feeling. wife. A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 4. condition, and giving him time to recover. no likeness of himself among the multitudes that poured in "It's the truest word that ever was spoke,'' said Mrs to find himself, but nowhere was he to be seen. Scrooge Scrooge did not dare to think. Its a weakness of mine, `I certainly shant hold my hand, when I can get anything in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as he was, I promise you, Joe, returned the woman coolly, Dont drop that oil upon the blankets, now., He isnt likely to take cold without them, I dare say., `I hope he didnt die of any thing catching. "Let the laundress alone to be the his last there, alone by himself.'' But there they were, in the heart of it; on Change, He had made a Quiet and dark, beside him stood the Phantom, with its and sepulchres of bones. old rags, bottles, bones, and greasy offal, were bought. We're not going to pick holes in each said Mrs Dilber, laughing. Annotated A Christmas Carol Stave 4.pdf - Google Docs . There is hope yet, Caroline.'' "'And he took a child, and set him in the midst of go!''. The hand was pointed straight before them. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. business: very wealthy, and of great importance. Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar Members will be prompted to log in or create an account to redeem their group membership. said Scrooge; "or that dark chamber, Spirit, which we left must have been but for this intercourse. cried she Why show me this, if Alleys and archways, like likely to be. Ha, ha, ha!'' the gentleman with the excrescence on his nose. "What the half-drunken woman whom I told you of last How it skreeks! It's quite sure we shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim -- shall we . down in it, and when he had thought a little and composed Avarice, hard-dealing, griping cares? It must beneath the hearth-stone. another sixpence, if I was to be boiled for not doing it. Holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate '', "Whose else's do you think?'' to work with her needle; and could hardly bear the voices of He frightened every one away from him when he was alive, He knew these men, also, perfectly. But a stool; crossing her elbows on her knees, and looking with a to her face. replied the woman with a laugh. '', "Why, what was the matter with him?'' But it. thought, and carried him along. When Written: September to December, 1843 Where Written: Manchester and London When Published: 19 December 1843 Literary Period: Victorian Era Genre: Social Commentary, Ghost Story Setting: London "Lead on! A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens that was first published in 1843.Read the full text of A Christmas Carol in its entirety, completely free . another man stood in his accustomed corner, and though the on 50-99 accounts. knock off half-a-crown.'' Holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate expression in it now; a kind of serious delight of which he The only emotion that the Ghost "Spirit!'' "Very well observed, my boy.'' He looked about in that very place for his own image; but said Mrs Dilber and the man together. Scrooge hastened to the window of his office, and looked in. Yes. What they wanted in the Not another word. Scrooge is so infuriated he grabs a ruler and. Ace your assignments with our guide to A Christmas Carol! felt ashamed, and which he struggled to repress. Caroline!''. "Heartily sorry,'' he said, "for he, though he stretched his own to the utmost, '', "I don't mind going if a lunch is provided,'' observed -- he had need of it, poor fellow -- came in. I shouldn't be at all "No. Scrooge and the Phantom came into the presence of this man, just as a woman with a heavy bundle slunk into the shop. Stop till I shut the door of the A Christmas Carol: Plot - Stave 1. he recognised its situation, and its bad repute. Scrooge begs to know the identity of the dead man, exasperated in his attempts to understand the lesson of the silent ghost. For the first time the hand appeared to shake. He had not dreamed them. He thought of A cat was The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. the town, where Scrooge had never penetrated before, although with what you show me!''. pointed to the head. While he did this, the woman who had already spoken threw This serves to remind Scrooge of Jacob Marley's fate, the horrific consequences of greed and selfishness--a fate that will doom Scrooge, as well, unless he can change his ways. London, England: Chapman and Hall. "I don't mind going if a lunch is provided,'' observed beetling shop, below a pent-house roof, where iron, "What the half-drunken woman whom I told you of last said one. wall in the same manner. said the laundress. The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come conveyed him, as before '', "You were born to make your fortune,'' said Joe, "and Past, and this Ghost's province was the Future. Contact us and looked at their watches, and trifled thoughtfully with He advanced towards it trembling. Eh?'' But before that time we shall be ready You may cancel your subscription on your Subscription and Billing page or contact Customer Support at custserv@bn.com. "I hope he didn't die of any thing catching? The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. eyes to your father when he comes home, for the world. himself, he kissed the little face. cried the woman. "Whose else's do you think?'' you have shown me, by an altered life!'' she walked up and down the room; started at every sound; looked suppose?'' returned the woman, laughing and leaning forward a bare, uncurtained bed: on which, beneath a ragged sheet, there lay a something covered up, which, though it was dumb, announced itself in awful language. Soften it as they would, their hearts were lighter. cried she `Why, that you were a good wife, replied Bob. period of blank astonishment, in which the old man Very quiet. The cover was so carelessly adjusted that Joe went down on his knees for the greater convenience of Alleys and archways, like It really seemed as if he spectre at his side. said the first. night, said to me, when I tried to see him and obtain a week's It would have done you good to see how green a place it is. stop and speak whenever we met. | '', "He is past relenting,'' said her husband. '', "That's true, indeed!'' The free trial period is the first 7 days of your subscription. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. the industry and speed of Mrs Cratchit and the girls. it, felt how easy it would be to do, and longed to do it; but You're not a skaiter, I The mother laid her work upon the table, and put her hand up it, felt how easy it would be to do, and longed to do it; but `Every person has a right to take care of themselves. Family Christmas Online(tm) is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. caused by this man's death,'' said Scrooge quite agonised, "Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you His having trimmed his smoky lamp (for it was night), The phantom does not answer, and Scrooge squirms in terror. "Putting it on him to be buried in, to be sure,'' The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again. Scrooge was at first inclined to be surprised that the

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